New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-03-27
OPERA IND CONCERTS.

The m us,c that enliated public attention yesterday
eomnriscd a representation OF Martha" by the Ma
donsl Opera Company 10 the afternoon, a piano.
forte recital by Nine. Dory Burmeister Petersen at
Steinway Hall, and the last chamber concert OF the
Standard Quartet Club at Stock Hail in the evening"
It would take mind profoundly skilled In guessing
ut motives to tell why Mnrths" was brought forward
It the Metropolitan Opera House. FIotows innocuous
and presty sentimental work can scarcely DO said to
have an educational mss'Gn and = docs not enable
In 90 speculative degree to Justify venture which
no one has cared to mako at the Metropolitan since
the Italian season when, with Nine Sembrch. Stagno
and Del Puente In the cast. 1t was given one expert
mental bearing: The want Of public interest in the
work was amply demonstrated by the circumstance
that yesterdays audience was the smallest OF the
National Company's season. The performance was
Thoroughly uninteresting 1t vas diminutvo per-
iOrmanoe. oimlnutiye and color ess and: moreover,
ohestra to take tain TO Philadelphia, where In the
evening Mr. Thomas gave a concert For the same
the time Of besnuns was n M. 81
Charles Basssts Lionel ." A. Z; s!odasrd {" Punk
L'Ademand sstonisbed and be~fdered her admirers
BY singing Ia tiny pslic voice. ritnGss the least
Nor. AMI with absolutely concert about the
oistion of tho text Mrs. Davis though she gave out
her vose With more gsnero;t, conceived asI part 10
and IAoksdaisaoai tor serious comment In taot tho
only singer In tho cast whose vocal weight WAS at all
commensurate with tho OCCASION WeS MT
who bod distinctly bufo part. The opera will DO re-
peated on Wednesday evening OF this week when
dances to the music OF Rubinstein's Bal Costume
will be associated With It. On Monday evening and
Saturday afternoon Nero will be repeated and Fri
day VIII brinx ballet night Delibess Sylvia" pre-
ceded by " 0alatea"
Mime. Petersen Ia artist who comes to
us from Baltimore, where her husband Is professor
in the Conservatory of tho Peabody Institute. AT
tho Thomas matinee on last Thursday she made
somewhat Disappointing frst appearance before
York audience aud 1t cannot be said that she en-
tirely r-haoiitsted herself at her recital last night
That she is an earnest weme sning musician we can
we'll believe, and her work last night disclosed In her
the possession of abundant originality and some other
good qualities. Yet her laying did not command
warm admiration. 1t was technically deficient and
ton OF the Tocoata and fugue in D-minoi BY Bach.
Beethoven Sonata op 26 and sets OF shorter pieces
by CHOPIN and Liszt
Tho programme of the Standard Club consisted of
BeethoveD's Quartet op. Is. No 2. Rubinsteins
Pianoiorte Trio In Bfat. ana SchumaDn's Quartet OPP
Al No. !. In the lovely Trio Mr. Hermann aud Mr..
Bergner Of the club. were associated with MISS
Augusta NJ. Fischer who read the work with so much
Intelligence and taste that tempted TO put down
her performance o. the finest that have heard from
her. She played better than her companions. The
Quarets were read with ne energy where energy was
demanded, but with the same want OF refinement OF
tonA and delicacy of treatment that we have CON-
mented on heretofore.